Bimsoils, characterized by discrete blocks within a finer-grained matrix, pose challenges in evaluating the bearing capacity of shallow foundations due to their spatial variability. To address this, a binaryrandom fi...
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Bimsoils, characterized by discrete blocks within a finer-grained matrix, pose challenges in evaluating the bearing capacity of shallow foundations due to their spatial variability. To address this, a binaryrandom field coupled with a Finite-Element model is used to simulate the variability of bimsoils. This study focuses on investigating the effect of the blocks spatial fraction (y), the isotropic and anisotropic spatial correlations, and the undrained shear strength (c,,) ratio between the matrix and the blocks. The results reveal that the coefficients of variation (CV) for the bearing capacity (q,,), at a given y, reach nearly 20% due to the diverse spatial configurations. This dispersion is attributed to the development of distinct failure mechanisms. However, optimizing the local average area used to evaluate y can help reduce these CV values. The average q,, for a given y can be accurately determined using the Bruggeman symmetric effective medium (BEM) equation, ensuring safe design compared to traditional homogenization techniques. The BEM equation considers y and the c,, ratio, providing an accurate estimation of bearing capacity for an equivalent homogeneous model suitable for probabilistic analyses.
A finite element soil-structure interaction model is coupled with a discrete auto-regressive code, in order to analyze the effect of added spatial variability due to soil improvement in seismic risk analysis. The succ...
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A finite element soil-structure interaction model is coupled with a discrete auto-regressive code, in order to analyze the effect of added spatial variability due to soil improvement in seismic risk analysis. The success of soil improvement techniques is related to the effectiveness of the method - that is, how much of the soil is being changed - but also to its efficiency in improving the soil behavior - that is, how much are the liquefaction and liquefaction-induced settlement reduced. As these techniques can add spatial variability to a deposit, it can affect the triggering of liquefaction on the soil and the behavior of the structures above it. In this study, this heterogeneity is modeled as a binary mixture, composed by the original liquefiable sand and the added treated sand. The soil behavior is represented by a fully nonlinear elastoplastic multi-mechanism model. The co-seismic settlements of the structure and the liquefaction of the soil deposit are estimated for different effectiveness levels - measured by mixture fractions - and for different spatial distributions. In general, both very small or very high mixture fractions presented low efficiency as the improvement in the relative settlement was small. Additionally, results show that the interaction between loose and dense deposits is highly dependent on the spatial distribution. Therefore, homogeneous equivalent models will rarely correspond to the average of the heterogeneous response.
Planktonic patches are defined as areas where the abundance of plankters is above a threshold value tau. The estimation of patch size and shape can be approached using spatial statistical tools, using truncated random...
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Planktonic patches are defined as areas where the abundance of plankters is above a threshold value tau. The estimation of patch size and shape can be approached using spatial statistical tools, using truncated randomfields or indicator randomfields as classifiers. In all cases there is the risk of false positive and false negative errors. In this paper we present the results of a comparative study on the performance of four commonly used methods: conditional simulation and kriging, both in the original measurement units of the data and under an indicator transform. We used a misclassification cost function to compare the four methods. Our results show that conditional simulation in the original measurement units attains the lowest misclassification cost. We also illustrate how the point at which this minimum is attained can be used to chose an optimal cut-off value for binary classification.
In this paper I discuss a number of theoretical issues regarding the morphological analysis of discrete random shapes by means of Matheron's random set theory. I revisit this theory by limiting myself to the discr...
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In this paper I discuss a number of theoretical issues regarding the morphological analysis of discrete random shapes by means of Matheron's random set theory. I revisit this theory by limiting myself to the discrete case, since most image data are available in a discrete form. Although it may seem that the transition from the continuous to the discrete case is straightforward (since most of Matheron's theory is general enough to incorporate the discrete case as a special case), this transition is often challenging and full of exciting and, surprisingly, pleasant results. I introduce the concept of the cumulative-distribution functional of a discrete random set and review some fundamental properties of the capacity functional (a fundamental statistical quantity that uniquely defines a random set and relates random set theory to mathematical morphology). In analogy to a recent result and under a natural boundness condition, I show that there exists a one-to-one correspondence between the probability-mass function of a discrete binaryrandom field and the corresponding cumulative-distribution functional. The relationship between the cumulative-distribution functional and the capacity functional of a discrete random set is also established. The cumulative-distribution and capacity functionals are related to the higher-order moments of a discrete binaryrandom field, and, therefore, their computation is equivalent to computing these moments. A brief discussion of how to perform such computations for a certain class of discrete random sets is provided. The capacity functional of a morphologically transformed, continuous random set cannot be associated to the capacity functional of the random set itself, except in the case of dilation. I show that the derivation of such an association is possible in the discrete case and for the cases of dilation and erosion and more complicated morphological transformations, such as opening and closing. These relationships are then used
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